From Paris to Dubai
One House, Two Cities. From Avenue George V to Palm Jumeirah: how a Parisian institution brought its stage, its spirit and its signature to a second home.
1951 Creation of Crazy Horse Paris
Alain Bernardin opens the original Crazy Horse Paris cabaret at the prestigious 12 avenue George V, in the heart of the Golden Triangle, opposite couture houses YSL and Givenchy and next door to Balenciaga.
1960 Artistic signature
Bernardin integrates elements of the New Wave, New Realism and Pop Art movements into his creations, taking modernity in his stride and continually redeveloping his show to reflect these cultural changes.
1954 The Bath, orignal version
Miss Candida took her bath on Crazy Horse stage more than 500 times some 50 years before Dita Von Teese paid tribute to her in a cover number called “Le Bain”.
1960 Artistic signature
The artistic identity that will make Crazy Horse Paris world-famous begins to take shape, influenced by the era’s cultural shifts—New Wave, New Realism, Pop Art, Op Art—and showcasing dancers dressed mainly in light, in acts inspired by the times. The House collaborates with artists such as César, Marcel Duchamps. Salvador Dali is a regular at the cabaret.
Pop art inspires Crazy Horse Paris
The pop-art movement inspired Crazy Horse Paris to create a number of acts.
1966 Caesar's Breast
From a mold of the breast of Crazy Horse dancer, the artist-sculptor César creates “Le Sein”, a work that will serve as a support for a larger-scale creation, cast in bronze, for the decoration of the courtyard of honor of Rochas perfumeries in Poissy. “Le Sein” Sculpture can be seen at Fondation Azzedine Alaïa in Paris.
1969 CRAZY HORSE PARIS ENTERS THE SPACE AGE
An act titled “Venus” premieres, inspired by the space race and the Moon landing. In 2012, “Spoutnik”, created by Philippe Decouflé with an original music from Mirwais, takes the cabaret back to the stars.
1989 God save our bareskin
Twelve Emblematic dancers, in high boots and Bearskin Hats, Royal Horse Guards with a twist, marching in military step, looking neither left nor right, in a strictly regimented, superbly timed, number. This world-famous opening scene, mounted with the help of an authentic officer of the British Royal Guard, is the trademark of the house and has opened all Crazy Horse Paris shows since 1989!
2001 Las Vegas
For its 50th anniversary, Crazy Horse Paris heads to Las Vegas, unveiling the show “La Femme” at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, performed successfully for 11 years.
2005 New management
The Bernardin family sells the Crazy Horse Paris group to Belgian entrepreneur Philippe Lhomme, with a few partners, who puts in place a new management team, headed by Andrée Deissenberg, Chief Creative & Brands Officer. The new management sees Crazy Horse Paris as a legendary brand with a valuable artistic know how : celebrating women and the female form through unusual and surprising creations in line with the artistic heritage. Their challenge is place creativity at the core of the cabarets activities once again and to create new, surprising shows.
2006 Dita's bath
First “Guest star” of the legendary Parisian cabaret, the international diva Dita Von Teese performs for the first time on Crazy Horse stage. She presents her version of the famous number “The Bath”, presented for the first time at Crazy Horse Paris by Miss Candida in 1954. As the first “Guest Star”, she paves the way for other extraordinary women, in a series of unforgettable, limited-run performances.
2007 Collaboration with David Lynch
Crazy Horse Paris dancers Nooka Caramel and Baby Light model for the “Fetish” photo series, in collaboration with American filmmaker and artist David Lynch and shoe designer Christian Louboutin. One of the photographs becomes the official visual for the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
2008 Pamela in Harley
For Valentine’s Day 2008, Pamela Anderson performs on the stage of Crazy Horse Paris. The star of the Baywatch series offers to the public of the Parisian cabaret an unforgettable striptease on a Harley Davidson.
2009 Philippe Decouflé creates Désirs
French star choreographer Philippe Decouflé is asked to expand the cabaret’s repertoire. The result is a show called Désirs, which opened to rave reviews on 21 September 2009. Désirs manages to set a new tone, while respecting Crazy Horse Paris’ artistic heritage.
2010 World tour
The show Forever Crazy kicks off its World Tour in Vienna, Austria. Seven tons of technical and stage equipment – including the iconic stage – bring the show to international venues, as London, Geneva, Cannes, Montreal, Munich, Madrid, Kiev, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Taipei, Beirut, Melbourne, Punta del Este, Hong Kong, Papeete and more.
2012 Louboutin, first guest creator
Crazy Horse Paris invites red-soled shoe icon Christian Louboutin to create four original acts. The resulting show, FEU, plays to sold out audiences for six months. A 3D film of FEU hits movie theatres throughout the world at the end of 2012.
2016 Chantal Thomass turns Crazy Horse Paris "Dessous Dessus"
Crazy Horse Paris opens its doors to its first-ever female “Guest Creator”, the renowned creator of Parisian lingerie Chantal Thomass. Following Philippe Decouflé and Christian Louboutin, the High Priestess of chic lingerie dress the legendary Crazy dancers… only to better undress them!
2019 Bionic Showgirl
Crazy Horse Paris, surprises and innovates with its new artistic adventure, by inviting Viktoria Modesta, futuristic artist with multiple facets, performer, artistic director, singer-songwriter, lecturer, star of social networks, to become its first “Bionic Showgirl”.
2017 Crazy Horse Paris presents its new show "Totally Crazy"!
Crazy Horse Paris invites parisians and lovers of Paris to escape their everyday worries in order to freely immerse themselves in 65 years of dazzling creation and “crazyness” packed into 90 enchanting minutes of its new show Totally Crazy!
2023 Lisa at Crazy Horse Paris
Lisa, international star and K-pop icon, set the Crazy Horse Paris stage alight on September 28, 29 and 30, 2023 with five exclusive performances that left an indelible impression on both the audience and her fans all over the world.
2025 Karol G, first Latin American guest star
GRAMMY® Award-winning global recording artist, KAROL G is the first Latina Guest Star ever to perform at Crazy Horse Paris. She lit up the stage with eight unforgettable performances from September 25 to 28, 2025.
2026 The Dubai Edition
Crazy Horse Paris opens a second permanent show, this time on Palm Jumeirah. Presented at Zabeel Theatre, a completely renovated 200 seats theatre, inside Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, it is be the only permanent Crazy Horse Paris show presented outside the original cabaret, founded in 1951 in Paris’ 8th arrondissement.
The new show The Dubai Edition is conceived as a complete entertainment experience, combining live performance, immersive design, dining and a late-night musical program. Twelve dancers perform each evening, drawn from a cast of 18 internationally professional dancers, trained in Paris. They are joined by international specialty artists and acrobats, as well as a MC and a DJ.
Paris wrote the language. Dubai gives it a new destination.
See it in Dubai
The Dubai Edition plays on Palm Jumeirah. Same House, new stage.